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Monday, May 12, 2008

Nostalgia

I got an email over the weekend which brought on a bunch of memories...I'm sure if you were a little girl in the 70's you'll remember some of these.

You had that Fisher Price Doctor's Kit with a stethoscope that actually worked.

You owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a plastic basket with flowers on it.(and streamers on the handles! My bike was midnight blue with metal flakes. It was sooo cool!)

You learned to skate with actual skates (not roller blades) that had metal wheels.(and let's not forget the key that came with them to adjust the lenght, remember those?)

You thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute (admit it!)

You had nightmares after watching Fantasy Island.

You had either a 'bowl cut' or 'pixie', not to mention the 'Dorothy Hamill'.People sometimes thought you were a boy.

You had rubber boots for rainy days and Moon boots for snowy days.

You owned a 'Slip-n-Slide', on which you injured yourself on a sprinkler head more than once.

You owned 'Klick-Klacks' and smacked yourself in the face more than once!(and let's not forget the bruises on the forearm!)

Your Holly Hobbie sleeping bag was your most prized possession.(didn't have a sleeping bag, but had lots of other things!)

You wore a poncho, gauchos, and knickers.

You spent hours in your backyard on your metal swing set with the trapeze.The swing set tipped over at least once.

You had a pair of Doctor Scholl's sandals (the ones with hard sole & the buckle).

You wanted to be Laura Ingalls Wilder really bad; you wore that Little House on the Prairie-inspired plaid, ruffle shirt with the high neck in at least one school picture; and you despised Nellie Oleson!

You wanted your first kiss to be at a roller rink! ---- yes it was!(and "Funkytown" was playing!!)

Your hairstyle was described as having 'wings' or 'feathers' and you kept it 'pretty' with the comb you kept in your back pocket.When you walked, the 'wings' flapped up and down, looked like you were gonna 'take off' .

You and your girlfriends would fight over which of the Dukes of Hazzard was your boyfriend.(Bo was "it" for me!)

You had Star Wars action figures, too!(and Luke was "it" as well!)

You often asked your Magic-8 ball the question: 'Who will I marry. Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, or David Cassidy?'

You tried to do lots of arts and crafts, like yarn and Popsicle-stick God's eyes, decoupage, or those weird potholders made on a plastic loom.

You made Shrinky-Dinks and put iron-on kittens on your t-shirts!

You used to tape record songs off the radio by holding your portable tape player up to the speaker. (This is how I learned English, recording songs and trying to write the lyrics and then translating them to French to "understand" them!)

You thought Olivia Newton John's song 'Physical' was about aerobics. (I'ts not??)

You wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer.

You glopped your lips in Strawberry Roll-on lip-gloss till it almost dripped off.

My other recurring memory of that era is leaving CCD (Catholic Sunday school not on Sundays) on Tuesday evenings and getting home in time to (if you were lucky) catch the last few minutes of Happy Days and then Laverne and Shirley